AutoDJ "randomly" plays multiple tracks from the same artist

[Hans Combee]

Not really a bug, more of a feature request. Would it be possible to add "artist seperation" to the AutdoDJ so it will not play multiple tracks of the same artist within a given time period?

[Daniel Schürmann (daschuer)]

Good idea. I think that can be made default without a preferences option

[LeDucDuBleuet (eleduc)]

I do not agree that should be made default as sometimes you may want to have multiple tracks by the same artist. I think an option would be nice though. Thank you.

[Daniel Schürmann (daschuer)]

How should the option exactly work?

I guess the current "unintended" case of playing two tracks of the same artist in a row is not considered and happens by luck.

[Hans Combee (hanscombee)]

Maybe as a configurable option with a time frame. You now keep track of the number of times a track is played. Maybe you can also keep track of the last time an artist is played.

[Uwe Klotz (uklotzde-deactivatedaccount)]

There is no such thing as an "artist" entity in the database.

[Daniel Schürmann (daschuer)]

A configurable option with a time frame would work to solve this bug. Because we have no artist entity yet, this need to be a text compare of the artist.

@LeDucDuBleuet does this solve your issue? Do you have other preferences than just have two tracks from the same artist queued by luck?

[LeDucDuBleuet (eleduc)]

Sorry for the late reply, I was not subscribed to comments here...

I simply think that random should be as random as possible by default without constraint unless there is an option for it. If you have a lot of songs by the same artist in your AutoDJ pool, of course it is more probable to have songs from the same artist back to back by luck.

As for the option with a time period would need to keep track of the last time each "artist" is played. Maybe a simple "Do not play tracks from the same artist back to back" checkbox without a timeframe would suffice?

Simply my 2 cents as a passer by...

Thanks and keep up the good work!

[Swiftb0y (swiftb0y)]

Mixxx now uses GitHub for bug tracking. This bug has been migrated to:
https://github.com/mixxxdj/mixxx/issues/10417